The first thousand one hundred and forty-five chapters who understand the taste
More than half a month passes in the blink of an eye.
"Du Yu, a humble official, please see your lord!"
Liu Mingzhi put down the pen in his hand and looked at Du Yu with sweat on his forehead in surprise: "Without courtesy, why are you here in such a hurry?"
"Sir, Emperor Wanyan Wanyan of the Jin Kingdom and Huyan Junyao, the Great Khan of the Huyan Royal Court, have sent envoys to invite you to launch the Three Kingdoms Alliance at Shanhaiguan in the middle of May to discuss border trade. I hope you will make preparations early.
, if we fail in the negotiation, it will be like adding insult to injury for us."
Liu Mingzhi stood up and walked out of the desk: "May half? How many days have passed! Where are the envoys from the two countries now? Are they waiting outside the house?"
"After sending the message, they left directly. I couldn't figure out what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds. This is the first time I've seen such an envoy!"
"Not to mention meeting you, the governor of the two provinces, he left in a car without even drinking a cup of tea. Yu Changshi, who received them, was also confused. After receiving the news from his humble position, he directly dared to come to see the Lord!"
"You mean they left together?"
"Come together and leave together!"
Liu Mingzhi pondered for a moment, his face a little complicated: "I'm afraid this meeting will be difficult. Their behavior is obviously a private communication. A queen who is good at strategizing and a naturally handsome Khan. If they join forces, ordinary people would really
He’s not an opponent, it seems he can’t do it without paying some price!”
Du Yu's face darkened, and he looked at Young Master Liu with cold eyes: "Commander, since they don't abide by the rules, they can refuse this meeting because of their humble position. It's just a border trade, why should the commander bother to work hard!"
"Du Yu, accompany me for a walk outside!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi walked towards the study door with his hands behind his back, Du Yu followed closely.
"Du Yu, your idea is completely wrong. This is not just a simple border trade. There are too many things mixed in."
"First of all, the tax revenue from the border trade can enrich the national treasury. The newly trained 300,000 soldiers are now in the final stage. Once the national treasury is in trouble, it will be a huge hidden danger for the upcoming northward march."
"The food and grass consumed by Duke Wu during the Northern Expedition every month is a bottomless pit, and the consumption of weapons and horses cannot be ignored. How can we fight a war without money?"
"With so many troops stationed in the Anxi Protectorate, the pay, food and grass for the officers and soldiers is also a big problem."
"The salary of the soldiers in Dalong's various prefectures and the salary of the six guards in Northern Xinjiang, it can be said that money is needed everywhere!"
"This is just about money!"
"Secondly, the so-called mutual trade at the border is only one aspect to collect taxes. The most important thing is to use the covenant situation to involve the Kingdom of Jin and the Royal Court of Huyan and not to hinder the process of Wu Guogong's recovery of Heshuo and Shuo."
"Once Huyan Royal Court is involved, Duke Wu will be attacked from both sides!"
"The Kingdom of Jin is a huge threat whether it is sitting on the sidelines or taking advantage of the situation!"
"Stay on the sidelines and wait until the Turks and the big dragons and tigers fight, and the Kingdom of Jin can easily reap the benefits!"
"Taking advantage of the situation, once the Jin Kingdom goes south to attack the city, the six and four armies of the Northern Xinjiang Guards will be implicated by the Jin Kingdom's army. At this time, the Huyan Royal Court launches another attack on Wu Guogong. Do you think that Wu Guogong, who is attacked from both sides, can defeat the Turkic King of East and West?
Ting’s cavalry will support them until reinforcements from the other two guards arrive?”
"The Northern Expedition army suffered devastating casualties on the home frontier. Once the news spreads back to the Western Regions, the control and deterrence of the Anxi Protectorate against the thirty-eight countries in the Western Regions may be greatly reduced, or even fall apart in an instant!"
"If this is the case, if the more than 70,000 brothers who marched to the West were seen by spirits in heaven, they would probably die with their eyes open!"
"As long as the Jin Kingdom and the Turks are contained until Wu Guogong recovers the Heshuo Hetao Grassland, the threat of the Turkic cavalry will disappear for us!"
"The two small pairs of grasslands are the most important hubs of the temporary peace between the three countries!"
"One move affects the whole body!"
"It's not impossible to go north now, but without strong cavalry assistance, they will come back if they drive away the Turks, and they will wait for an opportunity to come back after expelling the Jin Kingdom!"
"And do you know what the price of going north is?"
Du Yu pondered for a while and nodded solemnly: "We will use all the strength of the whole country to eliminate the Turks and the Jin Kingdom from future troubles and bring them into my dragon territory!"
Liu Mingzhi let out a long sigh: "You are right, it would be fine if it succeeds, but what if it fails?"
"The Turks fled north, the Jin Kingdom fled far away, and the dragon retreated its troops to recuperate!"
"It took twenty years for the population of Dalong's treasury to recover from the last time it went north. Although our country's national power has continued to rise in the past few years, reaching an unprecedented peak in the past century, the Turks have also been broken into pieces and unified one after another in the past few years.
Wanyan Wanyan, the leader of the Jin Dynasty's resurgence, is becoming more and more powerful."
"With one against two, even if we defeat them, how many years will it take for our country to return to its original state?"
"Everyone is waiting, His Majesty is waiting, Wan Wanyan Wanyan is waiting, Huyan Yunyao is also waiting, and I... ahem... are all waiting for an opportunity to do nothing but unify with force!
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"And His Majesty is now waiting for 300,000 new troops to join the battlefield, in conjunction with the opportunity for the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang to march north with all their might!"
"Recovering Heshuo and Hetao now is just to slowly erode the strength of the Turkic grassland!"
"As long as the Turkic grasslands do not pose a threat, the Jin Kingdom is far from being our opponent!"
Du Yu was silent for a long time and looked at Liu Mingzhi quietly: "Dirty!"
"ah?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Du Yu blankly, unable to realize for a moment what Du Yu's words meant.
Du Yu shrugged fearlessly: "Sir, you have really dirty hearts. From the humble perspective, war is just a matter of you killing me and me killing you. But in the hands of big shots like you, fighting is just played out. It can be said that it is
Use everything to the extreme, my heart!”
"Who knows if one day I'll be played to death by you and my subordinates won't even know how they died!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Du Yu with a wry smile: "This is not called heart. The first is to attack with troops, the second is to attack friends, and the second is to attack the city!"
"Two armies are facing each other. Cutting and slashing is the worst way to use troops. The best way to use troops is to attack the heart first and obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost."
"This is an essential process during the transition from one era to another!"
"When you reach the position of governor, you will naturally understand!"
"My lord, when will you be able to take back the Turks and the Jin Kingdom without spending a single soldier, you will be considered powerful, but this is just a lowly fantasy!"
"Those who are not from my race must have different minds. How can we unify the world without spending a single soldier?"
"Looking at the succession of dynasties throughout the ages, which one has not stood out from the flames of war and taken over the world?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the cloudless sky with a complicated expression. How can someone who has never experienced the integration and unification of the Chinese nation conclude that the Jin Kingdom and the Turks are alien races?
In Liu Mingzhi's heart, Westerners and Japanese are the real alien races.
However, except for the Queen, Liu Mingzhi never mentioned this concept to anyone. The Dalong Dynasty, which was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, would be so treasonous and apostate if he said this!
"Peaceful reunification, how can we achieve peaceful reunification?"
Du Yu squinted at Young Master Liu blankly: "Sir, I just said this casually because of my humble position. You don't really think you can achieve peaceful unification, do you?"
"Haha! Maybe it's as you said. This young master is too fanciful. Forget it. It's been about half a month. Have you found any trace of Chang Yunshu?"
"No, the shadow figure has been issued according to Meng Hecai's description together with the sea arrest documents. It is still missing and there is no news. Chang Yunshu seems to have disappeared from the world!"
"Withdraw it!"
"Withdrawn? No further investigation? If Chang Yunshu can't be found, how to track down the mastermind behind the leak of Baniu Crossbow?"
"The sea is hunting for documents, and the sea is hunting all over the world, but the Turks and the Jin Kingdom cannot be caught. There has been no news for half a month. Continuing to pursue them is a waste of manpower and material resources!"
"I know it!"
"The investigation into Meng Hecai's life experience has been clear. If there is really no problem, let him go. He is just an implicated victim!"
"What is hateful are those behind the scenes who are seeking their own selfish interests and disregarding the interests of the country. It is a pity that a certain person is in northern Xinjiang and has no time to take care of the affairs of the court!"
"Liu's fist-fighting love is just a joke that no one knows!"
"Sir, don't be depressed!"
"I know, you should step back first and tell Yingzhou officials to start preparing for the Shanhaiguan Three Kingdoms Alliance!"
"Yes, I resign from my humble position!"
"Alas, people say that I, Liu Mingzhi, am a successful young man and a talented young man. Who knew that I, Liu Mingzhi, am under a mountain of pressure!"